Originally Posted by
ECDkeys
Oh, and to the poster who finds brakeless riders over 30 a rarity: I didn't start riding fixed until I was 41; brakeless a few months later. I feel safer amongst older brakeless fixed gear riders, since we tend to feel our mortality more and have a greater respect for it, and we don't try reckless stunts to earn street cred.
They probably already told your mommy, even though you are probably older than they are. People who act knowledgeable on the internet crack me up. "I read somewhere..." (probably in some lame ragazine or written by some other 'net forum idiot) They need to just shut the hell up and ride.